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The Comité André Masson has confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Les Comètes (Métamorphose astrale)
Details
Andre Masson (1896-1987)
Les Comètes (Métamorphose astrale)
signed 'andré Masson' (lower center); titled 'Les comètes' (on the reverse)
tempera and sand on canvasboard
12 ½ x 10 in. (31.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Les Comètes (Métamorphose astrale)
signed 'andré Masson' (lower center); titled 'Les comètes' (on the reverse)
tempera and sand on canvasboard
12 ½ x 10 in. (31.8 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted in 1943
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York.
Lois Orswell, Connecticut (acquired from the above, circa 1946).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1957.
Lois Orswell, Connecticut (acquired from the above, circa 1946).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1957.
Literature
M.B. Cohn, Lois Orswell, David Smith and Modern Art, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Masssachusetts, 2002, p. 373.
Exhibited
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, 1953-1955 (on extended loan).
Brought to you by
Vanessa Fusco